This otherwise spectacular view is unfortunately spoiled by either motion of the camera, or possibly the image stabilization in the camera. I will experiment, unfortunately this shooting location is no longer available.

ASA 800, 1 second, f/4.8, Canon G9

Gigapan Comments
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I had the same problem trying to shoot a night
scene with my G9. Finally I realized that it was
the image stabilization that was messing things
up. I shudder to think of at all the night shots I
have taken over the past years that have
unnecessarily ended up blurry.

We've found with other Canon cameras that you
need to disable image stabilization when taking
long exposures with the 2-second timer. It
doesn't really make as much sense as I'd
like, but our results show the image stabilization
will tend to cause a vertical motion blur on most
pictures in a column, and often a diagonal motion
blur on the top picture in each column. It's
as if the image stabilization was trying to
compensate for recent gigapan motion and gets
fooled when the gigapan brings the camera to a
stop.

What were your camera settings? I've used the
gigapan at night a few times, and have slowly
gotten better at it. If using the Canon 800 or
similar point and shoot camera, make sure you set
a timer to 2 (or preferably 5) seconds. You'll
need to chance the Gigapan's time per pic
setting in the options menu as well. That should
give enough time for the vibrations from the
gigapan movement and the camera button pusher to
die down. Even so, it's a great shot, and much
of downtown is quite clear!